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behold. Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6), for emphasis.
leper. See note on Exo_4:6.
worshipped = did homage. See App-137. The variations in Mar 1, and Luk 5, are due to the fact that they do not record the same miracle. See App-97.
Lord. App-98. This is the first time that Jesus is called "Lord". In this second period of His ministry, His Person is to be proclaimed as Messiah, both Divine (here), and in Mat_8:20 human. When once they begin to call Him "Lord", they continue. Compare verses: Mat_8:8, Mat_8:6, &c.
clean. See note on Mat_8:3. Not the same miracle as in Mar_1:40 and Luk_5:12. Here both without the city (Capernaum, App-169); there, both within (probably Chorazin), for the leper was "full" and therefore "clean" (Lev_13:12, Lev_13:13). Here, the leper obeys and is silent; there, he disobeys, so that the Lord could no more enter the city (Chorazin). The antecedents were different, and the consequents also, as may be seen from the two records.